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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2024 Six Nations] Scotland vs England - 24/02/24
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<blockquote data-quote="Reiser99" data-source="post: 1177705" data-attributes="member: 72977"><p>In general, it's felt like since the EJ era that England sides have no adaptability. Instead they stick with the same tactics and hope they work. No one is standing up and taking command.</p><p></p><p>It's changed slightly under Borthwick. It's start well for 15-20 minutes then stop. No one then seems to be able to fix it. The pool match against Arg was possibly the exception with Ford doing drop goals. However, he tried it again against Scotland and it felt like the completely wrong decision. We'd shown at the start we could score with ball in hand, but after a few mistakes and the pressure came on Ford decided to take the DG instead. It was weird and it again it felt like none of the players were in the same page. They didn't know as a group what they were meant to be playing, so it led to individual moments such as the Ford DG and IFW scoring his try pretty much solo apart from the pass from the ruck.</p><p></p><p>I still feel EJ killed any creativity and independent thought. My issue with Borthwick is I don't think he's trying to fix this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reiser99, post: 1177705, member: 72977"] In general, it's felt like since the EJ era that England sides have no adaptability. Instead they stick with the same tactics and hope they work. No one is standing up and taking command. It's changed slightly under Borthwick. It's start well for 15-20 minutes then stop. No one then seems to be able to fix it. The pool match against Arg was possibly the exception with Ford doing drop goals. However, he tried it again against Scotland and it felt like the completely wrong decision. We'd shown at the start we could score with ball in hand, but after a few mistakes and the pressure came on Ford decided to take the DG instead. It was weird and it again it felt like none of the players were in the same page. They didn't know as a group what they were meant to be playing, so it led to individual moments such as the Ford DG and IFW scoring his try pretty much solo apart from the pass from the ruck. I still feel EJ killed any creativity and independent thought. My issue with Borthwick is I don't think he's trying to fix this. [/QUOTE]
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